Vietnam releases 12,000 prisoners
June 22, 2000
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam freed more than 12,000 prisoners April 30, its largest amnesty in history, marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the
Baptists address death penalty
June 22, 2000
Messengers to the 2000 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention adopted 10 resolutions, including a groundbreaking one in support of capital punishment. Several of the
Flights suspended to New Guinea
June 22, 2000
MENDI, Papua New Guinea — Missionary Aviation Fellowship is suspending flights to three villages in Papua New Guinea after the hijacking of one of its
Pakistan Christians fear blasphemy ruling
June 22, 2000
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A decision by Pakistan’s military ruler not to amend the nation’s blasphemy laws has the nation’s Christian minority fearful they could be
Gay protest brings arrests
June 22, 2000
Twenty-seven people from the Soulforce organization were arrested June 14 outside the meeting hall for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). They were protesting Southern Baptists’
Governor supports ban on gay adoption
June 22, 2000
JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Ronnie Musgrove recently signed legislation to ban homosexual couples from adopting children in the state of Mississippi. Musgrove, a Democrat, gave
Youth take abstinence vows at convention
June 22, 2000
Forty-five students from Lakeside Baptist Church, Hoover, sampled life at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting while attending a True Love Waits rally in
Court rules against anti-Clinton church
June 15, 2000
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has upheld the loss of tax-exempt status for a New York church that warned Christians about voting for Bill
